Astronomy Picture of the Day

   [1]Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our
      fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation
                    written by a professional astronomer.

                                2020 March 16
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                         A Moon Dressed Like Saturn
                Image Credit & Copyright: [3]Francisco Sojuel

   Explanation: Why does Saturn appear so big? It doesn't -- what is
   pictured are foreground clouds on [4]Earth crossing in front of the
   [5]Moon. The Moon shows a slight crescent phase with most of its
   surface visible by reflected [6]Earthlight known as [7]ashen glow. The
   [8]Sun directly illuminates the brightly lit [9]lunar crescent from the
   bottom, which means that the Sun must be below the horizon and so the
   image was taken before sunrise. This [10]double take-inducing picture
   was captured on 2019 December 24, two days before the Moon slid in
   front of the [11]Sun to create a [12]solar eclipse. In the foreground,
   lights from small [13]Guatemalan towns are visible behind the huge
   [14]volcano Pacaya.

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   2. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2003/SaturnMoon_Sojuel_1824.jpg
   3. mailto: fsojuel1 @at@ gmail .dot. com
   4. https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/earth/overview/
   5. https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/moons/earths-moon/overview/
   6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthlight_(astronomy)
   7. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap190504.html
   8. https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/solar-system/sun/by-the-numbers/
   9. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap180912.html
  10. https://images.boredomfiles.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2018/10/double-take-photos-5.jpg
  11. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap191028.html
  12. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap191228.html
  13. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guatemala
  14. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rL-zpztktfA
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